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Re: Official Trade Speculation Thread

Most Likely: Lamar Odom - maybe wishful thinking on my part, but it seems to me the Lakers name is coming up more often than any other teams. Coach Jackson seems to really like Artest's game, and Phils (get it?) he can keep Ron under control.

2nd Most Likely:Something from Golden State - Bird and Mullin have a good relationship and Golden State is a Western Conference team that has some interesting young pieces (Pietrus, Dunleavy, Biedrins)

Darkhorse: Rashard Lewis - Shard doesn't seem happy in Seattle, and the Sonics need some changes, prefereably some help defensively. Although I believe the Pacers would have to throw in Tinsley to make salaries work and to make it worth the risk for Seattle.

Re: Official Trade Speculation Thread

Darkhorse: Rashard Lewis - Shard doesn't seem happy in Seattle, and the Sonics need some changes, prefereably some help defensively. Although I believe the Pacers would have to throw in Tinsley to make salaries work and to make it worth the risk for Seattle.

Re: Official Trade Speculation Thread

Would the Sonics really do that? That is about the most even trade we could get talent-wise. I doubt it will happen.

I think the Sonics feel they need a change after last year's success, and this year's let-down. They're sub-500, and they don't have much more than the Ray-Lewis combo, along with the palette of bigs.

They lose Flip, but he plays behind ray Allen anyway, so they don't lose much. He's also in his last year, so he would be gone anyway. They lose Rashard, but they get Ron.

In a deal like this they get a starting PG, and a starting SF. They get defense, which they traditionally need. They keep their bigs intact, and they are generally a better team. They could actually make a decent playoff run with that trade.

Larry is not coming back, he didn't have a meeting with Orlando for not reason, yeah he is coming back to the NBA but not to the Pacers, the notion that he is a taking a year off and then come back is absurd.

Larry is not coming back, he didn't have a meeting with Orlando for not reason, yeah he is coming back to the NBA but not to the Pacers, the notion that he is a taking a year off and then come back is absurd.

Re: Official Trade Speculation Thread

1) Peja
2) Stromile Swift + Luther Head
3) Al

The poster "pacertom" since this forum began (and before!). I changed my name here to "Slick Pinkham" in honor of the imaginary player That Bobby "Slick" Leonard picked late in the 1971 ABA draft (true story!)

Re: Official Trade Speculation Thread

The question is, will the Sonics' GM decide it's worth the risk of Artest ultimately ruining the team? Then again, for them it's not like they could get a whole lot worse at this point... I think Seattle has to think very hard about this.

Re: Official Trade Speculation Thread

The question is, will the Sonics' GM decide it's worth the risk of Artest ultimately ruining the team? Then again, for them it's not like they could get a whole lot worse at this point... I think Seattle has to think very hard about this.

Indeed.

Maybe they will think "hey - maybe he'll be better off over here... maybe he'll cool off... maybe Danny Fortson can knock some sense in to him..."

In hebrew there's a saying - "suckers never die, they just get replaced"...

Re: Official Trade Speculation Thread

I remember a couple years ago when Flip took over for Ray when he was injured, and flourished in the role. He does seem like a quick player, definately not the shooter that Ray is but better at getting to the rim. As far as them being team players, Rashard always struck me as a team player, not so sure about Flip...